Times They Are A Changing!

Well alot has happened since I've last sat down to write, so let's start at the beginning.

I had been feeling very unhappy on Dreadmaul for quite some time due to various reasons. After alot of deliberating - about costs, namings for my girls and leaving my guild - DSE  that I've run for nearly 6 years, I decided I needed to be happy again about logging into a server where people were friendly and supportive and where I had a community that I could embrace. So I took my trusty credit card and logged into Battlenet.com and set the wheels in motion to transfer my Warlock and my Priest across to Earthen Ring.

Now one of the biggest hurdles I've always had about transferring has been getting the names for my girls. I have been known as Leeta in gaming for 8 years and I wanted to keep my Warlock as that spelling in particular. However Leeta and Atil (Lita spelt backwards) names were already taken so I sent Blizzard in game mail a few days before transferring to see if there was any chance they would release the names - as both toons on Earthen Ring hadn't been played for some time. One is a Level 55 DK and the other is a Level 16 Priest.
Now I really thought I had a good case to put forth however the reply back I got made me think there has to be a better way for Blizzard to allow for people to request and release names. Basically the reply said that as the account was still active, even though those toons weren't being played, they could not release the names.
Now I completely understand that - however it got me thinking as to why do we not have a system that allows Blizzard to contact said account owner on my behalf and kindly ask them if they would ever play those toons again and if not then Blizzard will release the names? Or some type of interaction by Blizzard to see if the account owner would release the names. I know if Blizzard contacted me regarding a toon I had made years ago and no longer played regarding releasing a name, I'd be completely OK with it.

Anyway I digress - so after all that I had to find a new name/version of Leeta and Atil that I would be happy with. So in the end I decided to go with the spellings of Leetar and Attil. It is the best I could do however I think I will just have to check with Blizzard regularly and see if anything changes regarding the release of names :)

So I transferred my girls across and joined AIE. I am now feeling so much happier - I am on a great server with alot of my WoW friends and joined an amazing guild and wonderful community. I will be bringing a few more toons across and will join them to either AIE and Clan of Darkness. The environment and culture on Earthen Ring is so rich with so many amazing people - I feel very lucky to have some wonderful WoW friends there that I can play with.

I have decided that I need to be more active in this amazing WoW and Gaming community we have. So even though it's all baby steps at the moment I will see where things head and am excited in both my in game journey I now take with a new guild and new server and the out-of-game journey of getting involved in the community. Lots of ideas and possibilities, so we shall see where it goes :)